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Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt do electrical work during a visit to a college in north London on November 20, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Daniel Leal-WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Benefits crackdown will allow for full universal credit uprating, Sunak suggests

The Prime Minister suggested welfare reforms and sanctions announced last week make it possible for him to uprate benefits fully

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Autumn Statement choices Hunt must make on pensions, tax cuts, benefits and more

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Hunt mulls benefit cut despite warning UK has ‘meanest welfare system in Europe’

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Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2230 TUESDAY AUGUST 15 File photo dated 03/02/22 of an online energy bill next to money. The Tories will still have left households significantly worse off even if official figures this week confirm a slowdown in inflation, Labour has said. It comes as the Office for National Statistics is expected to reveal Consumer Prices Index inflation of 6.7% for July, down from 7.9% in the previous month. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 15, 2023. See PA story POLITICS Inflation. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 2230 TUESDAY AUGUST 15 File photo dated 03/02/22 of an online energy bill next to money. The Tories will still have left households significantly worse off even if official figures this week confirm a slowdown in inflation, Labour has said. It comes as the Office for National Statistics is expected to reveal Consumer Prices Index inflation of 6.7% for July, down from 7.9% in the previous month. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday August 15, 2023. See PA story POLITICS Inflation. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 17/02/16 of a Job Centre Plus. The UK jobless rate remained unchanged in the latest three months amid mounting signs that Britain's jobs market has cooled. Estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the unemployment rate for those aged 16 and over was 4.2% in the three months to August, the same as in the previous three months. It comes after official figures last week revealed that real earnings are outstripping inflation for the first time in nearly two years. Issue date: Tuesday October 24, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ECONOMY Unemployment. Photo credit should read: Philip Toscano/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 17/02/16 of a Job Centre Plus. The UK jobless rate remained unchanged in the latest three months amid mounting signs that Britain's jobs market has cooled. Estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the unemployment rate for those aged 16 and over was 4.2% in the three months to August, the same as in the previous three months. It comes after official figures last week revealed that real earnings are outstripping inflation for the first time in nearly two years. Issue date: Tuesday October 24, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story ECONOMY Unemployment. Photo credit should read: Philip Toscano/PA Wire